A Senate Concurrent Resolution being considered by the North Dakota Senate would change term limits for lawmakers.

When Fargo voters approved a unique local election system in 2018, their goal was to choose candidates with broader support to lead North Dakota’s largest city.It worked — maybe too well.Now the state Legislature is moving to ban the system,

Senate Concurrent Resolution 4028, sponsored by Sen. Justin Gerhardt, R-Mandan, would allow lawmakers to serve three terms, or 12 years, in either the House or the Senate chamber. The resolution would also limit statewide elected office-holders to three terms in office, but the governor and lieutenant governor would be limited to two terms.

The proposed law would align North Dakota with the window tint laws of 36 other U.S. states, including neighboring states, according to Rep. Steve Vetter, R-Grand Forks.

Bismarck, speaks on the House floor on Feb. 25, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Two bills that would have reshaped how candidates get on the North Dakota ballot failed in the House late Tuesday.

HB 1307 was the only bill dealing with elections to pass, legislation would make it so no county or city could change election law “at all,” according to primary sponsor Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo.

Voters participate in the primary election on June 11, 2024, at the Bismarck Event Center. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)Legislators, citizens and outside proponents for term limits last week debated the legitimacy of North Dakota’s term limits law and whether the Legislature can force another statewide vote on the issue.

Fargo Has an Election Method That Helps Mainstream Candidates. North Dakota Lawmakers May Ban It BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When Fargo voters approved a unique local election system in 2018 ...

North Dakota legislators on Monday passed a bill proposing changes to the state's election laws and rejected several others. House Bill 1307 was the only bill dealing with elections to pass in the ...

When Fargo voters approved a unique local election system in 2018, their goal was to choose candidates with broader support to lead North Dakota’s largest city BISMARCK, N.D. -- When Fargo ...